🎙️ Welcome to Not Your Typical Church Podcast with Cory Hester — real conversations about church, leadership, and everything in between.

In this episode, we talk about something every church leader wrestles with: Should we leverage cultural moments like the Super Bowl — and if so, how?

Is it outreach… or just entertainment?

Are we being intentional… or just trying to be relevant?

How do we use events like the Super Bowl, fantasy football, and community gatherings without diluting the gospel?

We unpack:

🏈 Why cultural moments matter for the local church

🏈 The difference between entertainment and intentional outreach

🏈 How relationships win over attendance numbers

🏈 Why consistency beats one big event

🏈 Guardrails to keep the mission first

🏈 What it really means to “be all things to all people” (1 Corinthians 9:22)

🏈 How Jesus modeled table fellowship and relational ministry

This isn’t about gimmicks.

It’s about leveraging what people already care about to point them toward Jesus.

If Jesus met people where they were, the question isn’t should we engage culture — it’s how we do it with purpose.

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